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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT
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Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point
If you hold the zoom controller towards [
] in step 2 of the
above procedure, the zoom operation will stop when the optical
zoom factor reaches its maximum. Momentarily releasing the
zoom controller and then holding it again towards [
] will
switch to digital zoom, which you can use to set an even higher
zoom factor.
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When the zoom pointer moves past the maximum limit of
optical zoom. Also, the zoom bar indicates the approximate
zoom factor.
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Zoom Values for Each Image Size
Digital Zoom Indicator
Zoom Bar
Focus Range
(Displayed when shooting
with Auto Focus, macro, or
manual focus.)
10M
1X
3X
12X
3:2
1X
3X
12X
16:9
1X
3X
12X
5M
1X
4.3X
17.1X
3M
1X
5.3X
21.3X
2M
1X
6.8X
26.5X
VGA
1X
17.1X
45.2X
1X
12X to 45.2X
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Zoom Pointer
(Indicates current
zoom.)
Image Deterioration Point
Image starts to deteriorate from here.
*
Point factor depends on image size.
Undeteriorated Image Quality
Range
Deteriorated Image Quality
Range
3X to 17.1X
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Optical/Digital Switch Point
Undeteriorated Image
Quality Range
Deteriorated Image
Quality Range